Happy Easter to everyone! Hope you are having a great day with family; never forget to be thankful for the wonderful blessings that we all have been given. Today it is very easy for Shannon and me to be thankful. Not only are we very thankful for it being Easter and remembering all that Christ … Continue Reading

This year was our first Valentine’s as a married couple! And we decided to make it a 24-hour celebration starting with dinner on Sunday night. Joel took me to a very nice French restaurant in St. Louis, Chez Leon. You walk into a beautiful brick building with large windows facing the street, that I imagine … Continue Reading

Just a few minutes ago, I watched as the building I grew up in was torn down. The original Bert’s Chuckwagon, my family’s restaurant, was demolished to make way for a road expansion. While I did not technically live in the building, I spent enough time there over the course of my life that I … Continue Reading